Favorite Fruit
What’s your favorite fruit?!
I’m in LOVE with Honey Crisp apples and they’re back in season! They’re like CANDY!
If you get an afternoon sweet tooth, be sure to have one of these on hand!
Recipes for fun and healthy food
What’s for dinner?
This is happening now, then a PB Banana shake later when I may be craving something sweet.
For some reason, Thursday nights STILL remind me of my old days where Matt and I would order a medium pizza for me and a large for him and I could down the whole thing – no problem! Not that I don’t still enjoy pizza once in a blue moon or overindulge, but now I ask myself if it’s REALLY worth it first. Do what works for you, but if you want results, you HAVE to improve your eating habits.
Tackle it one day, one meal at a time
Peanut Butter Bites
These are THE BOMB!
Use as pre-workout or to satisfy your PB craving, or to replace your addiction to protein bars with an all-natural, low sugar, homemade option. And kids love them too!
Recipe
Mix all ingredients in large bowl:
- 1 cup Just Great Stuff powdered PB (or PB2. Both available at Amazon.com)
- 1/2 cup all-natural Peanut Butter
- 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 6 packets Stevia
- 1 scoop superfood Vanilla Shakeology
- 1 cup dry oatmeal
Mix well. Form into golf-ball sized bites. Freeze for 1-2 hrs and keep frozen.
When you want one, let it stand for 30 seconds to thaw a little.
Makes ~12-15. They’re ~80-100 calories each and ~8g protein.
PB & J
Who LOVES PB & J ?!?!
I used Ezekiel toasted English muffin (check freezer section), a clean organic strawberry spread from WholeFoods and “Just Great Stuff” (Amazon) instead of real PB since it was just a pre-workout small meal/snack.
Healthy Dinner
Does this help inspire a healthy dinner tonight?!
This was an earlier meal for me; I’ll probably do Shakeology and salad tonight. But this was Quinoa with turkey burger crumbles, cucumbers, and cherry tomatoes with a side of hummus!
We make Turkey burgers and quinoa a couple times a week so they are ready to go ahead of time!
Post Workout Bliss
Anyone else have pre-workout fantasies about their post-workout shake?!
Messy but Awesome!
Doesn’t this look good?! It was!
One of my favorite sandwiches… lean turkey burger (no special recipe) but since they tend to be dry, I patty them up thinner and use a healthy and creamy condiment.
On this one, nonfat plain Greek yogurt (like sour cream but healthy) with avocado and spicy Dijon mustard all on a toasted Ezekiel english muffin (found at most grocers).
Messy, but awesome!
Peanut Butter Addiction
Peanut Butter addiction anyone?!
Toasted Ezekiel muffin with PB and banana with coffee…consumed an hour and a half before the lift & HIIT workout I did with Chalene Johnson, Bret Johnson and Matt.
Sweet Snack
Do you crave something sweet in the afternoon?
Here’s a little snack/small meal (whatever you would like to call it).
It’s 1/3 cup granola, 1/2 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt sweetened with Stevia, 1/4 banana, 2-3 strawberries, a few blueberries and 1 tbsp of “Just Great Stuff” drizzled on top (of course added water to Just Great Stuff to get it to peanut butter drizzle.
Family Dinner
Does the whole family eat the same dinner?
Every families’ situation is different, so do what works for you. But if everyone eating the same is not working or you’re often going out to eat, be creative to find healthy solutions. Tonight Matt and I split a Blueberry Banana shake plus I had a salad of Baby spinach with nitrate-free low-sodium turkey diced, green apples, pine nuts and light Raspberry Vinegar Dressing (store bought).
Matt had his turkey in quinoa we already had on hand with avocado. Our son usually eats whatever meat has been made, dipped in BBQ sauce, and a couple sides like broccoli, sweet potato fries, yogurt and/or watermelon. Three different meals yet everyone’s happy and it was cheaper, faster and healthier than eating out.
I say this not to be like “look at us” (because believe me, we occasionally splurge!) but instead to create awareness for what might be causing weight gain for you, your spouse or your kids. Evening time and dinner is where a lot of people and their kids get off track.